The idea of fabricated organs is the stuff of science fiction. We’ve all seen movies and TV shows where they grow a new organ in a lab before they take it from its vat and drop it into the waiting patient. This might be a reality before you know it. Scientists have grown a mini-liver and implanted it into rats. Neat.
It doesn’t matter who you are or where you’re from, you need water to live. This is true for every living being on the planet for the most part. If the climate crisis is not slowed down, then more people will be living under “water stress” and that’s very bad news.
Working at home is going to be the new normal for many people. After not having offices for a months, many people are just. . . staying in their living rooms. It’s great. Snack when you want on what you want, wear what you want, there’s no downside. If you’re working off Firefox, here’s a list of cool browser extensions to make things better.
Sitting outside is a nice way to enjoy the weather. Take a book, chat with friends and family, or just watch the clouds. Skip the plastic lawn chairs though and grow your own with Terra, the lawn furniture you grow right from your lawn.
Seasonal allergies getting you down? Seem like you’re dealing with them longer than you did in past years? Well it’s not in your head. Allergy season really is lasting longer and getting worse thanks to the climate crisis.
The dust bowl was a huge event in America that changed the country forever. The original was caused by natural occurring droughts and was considered a once a century event. The climate crisis could make this rare occurrence more common.
Getting a flat tire is really awful. Finding out one of your wheels has given up the ghost can make you late or even worse, leave you totally stranded. Would be great if you could slap a band aid on it and go! Well thanks to some new research, that might be a reality. And bonus, it can be achieved with recycled materials.
There’s been a new type of fungi discovered but not by some scientists tramping through the woods or anything like. This one was discovered on Twitter. The social media site for sending off super short missives about your thoughts and lives has now led to the discovery of a new species.
